February 26, 2016

An international scientific project is underway to build a radio telescope in Uruguay this year to map the cosmos in the intermediate stage between the present time and the Big

Cuban singer-songwriter Pablo Milanes has recorded two new discs of songs from the Cuba of yesteryear, soon to be on the market and prepared with the collaboration of composer-pianist Jose

El Salvador Creates Special Court to Protect Women’s Rights High levels of impunity for crimes against women in El Salvador has normalized gendered violence in the country, says the U.N.

Jungle covered in black sludge after a landslide caused the country’s main oil pipeline to rupture, polluting rivers relied on by eight native communities Ruptures in Peru’s main oil pipeline

The deep-rooted consumption of medicinal herbs in Paraguay, a legacy of ancestral Guarani healing knowledge, now has an ally in new technology – a mobile app to learn about which

Health professionals will finally start a more intense study to see if there really does exist a link between the Zika virus and microcephaly. Health specialists from the Center for

The brightest stars in world soccer are headed to the US next summer, and they’ll be playing for keeps. The US will host the Copa America Centenario in June 2016,

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) – Citibank is planning to sell the consumer banking operations it has operated for a century in Argentina, Brazil and Colombia as South America’s three biggest economies

Exit polls: “No” vote wins with 51 pct. in referendum on Morales’ reelection Bolivians voted Sunday in a referendum on whether to modify the Constitution to allow President Evo Morales

US President Barack Obama has confirmed he will visit Cuba in March as part of a broader trip to Latin America. He will be only the second sitting US president

Organizers planned this year’s solar race route to run through the city, giving locals a chance to see solar power in action. Chile will welcome back its annual solar car

Inarritu: Cultural perception of Latinos in Hollywood must change Mexican director Gonzalez Iñarritu, BAFTA winner for best director with the movie ‘The Revenant’, says “we must change the cultural perception”

Members of the Air Force of the Dominican Republic (FARD) carry out a nationwide operation to prevent the Zika virus and eliminate proliferation of the mosquito Aedes Aegypti, a carrier

Ricky Martin, Natalia Lafourcade and Pitbull were some of the winners in the Latin categories at the 58th edition of the Grammy Awards, just as had been announced at the